Insurance Brokers

Coversure and Close Brothers Agree Long Term Partnership Deal

Close Brothers Premium Finance (CBPF) and Coversure Insurance Services Ltd (Coversure), part of the Jensten Group, have agreed a long-term partnership. Coversure’s business is exclusive to CBPF and covers personal and commercial lines. Coversure’s parent […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker News: SchemeServe Announces New Sales Director Hire

SchemeServe, a leading cloud based provider of insurance software, has today announced the appointment of Alex Astengo as Sales Director. Alex joins SchemeServe with 15 years’ sales and business development experience, implementing cloud technologies to […]

Insurance claims

Claims Management Companies Must Raise Their Game, Says FCA

Claims management companies (CMCs) must do more to ensure their promotions do not mislead potential customers according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Since the FCA took over regulation of CMCs on 1 April 2019 […]

News

Car Insurance: honcho App Lets Drivers Auction Their Business to Insurers

A free app has launched that will change the way drivers buy car insurance forever and hopes to make it cheaper for drivers – and young drivers in particular – to get insured. honcho, which is […]

Opinion

Opinion: Tech Can Help Build a Fairer & More Accurate Insurance System

The insurance industry can utilise tech to work smarter, using AI algorithms to construct a truly fair insurance system, says Christian Wiens, Founder and CEO of Getsafe. Intelligent systems like Amazon’s language service Alexa or […]

Global insurance trends

IGI Posts Strong Financials; 12% Rise in GWP

International General Insurance Holdings Limited today reported earnings for the first half of 2019. IGI reported a net profit of $13.75 million for the first six months of 2019, compared to $11.02 million last year, […]

News

Aquarium Software Makes Jim Green Head of Infrastructure

Aquarium today announces the appointment of Jim Green as Head of Infrastructure to help drive further growth in the global insurance markets and develop the Aquarium platform for insurance companies. Graduating in Economics from the […]

UK Insurance Trends

Holidays: Travel Insurance, Jabs & Other Extras Could Cost You £700

MoneySuperMarket, the UK’s leading price comparison website, today reveals British holidaymakers could face up to £700 in additional costs to travel to certain countries this summer, on top of accommodation and travel fares, due to […]